The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking on October 16, 2025, titled “Revision to Rules of Practice...

There has been some recent suggestion from the Department of Commerce and this current Administration that they would impose a 1-5% fee...

By Alex Reese and Tom Pardini Two judges in the Northern District of California recently issued groundbreaking summary judgment rulings...

Within the same week, two judges in the Northern District of California issued groundbreaking summary judgment rulings regarding whether...

On May 7, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Ingenico Inc. v. IOENGINE, LLC,[1] holding IPR estoppel does not preclude...

It is a basic tenet of trademark law that rights are jurisdictional. Trademark owners only have rights in the mark in the jurisdictions...

When a third party purchases a manufacturer's goods intended for distribution outside of the U.S., and then imports those goods into and...

In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit not only reversed a North Carolina district court’s judgment of noninfringement, but took the...

Since a February 11, 2025 decision by Judge Stephanos Bibas finding in favor of Plaintiff Thomson Reuters on copyright infringement...

Since a February 11, 2025 decision by Judge Stephanos Bibas finding in favor of Plaintiff Thomson Reuters on copyright infringement...

Machine unlearning (MU) is a concept that is likely more interesting to lawyers than to data scientists, as the latter typically focus on...

Judge Mazzant’s case assignment order on March 3, 2025, brought the topic of the Eastern District of Texas (“EDTX”) being the busiest...

You’ve worked to come up with a brand that you are proud of that embodies the promise your company makes to consumers with its products...

In rejecting an AI company's fair use defense for using Thomson Reuters' Westlaw headnotes to train its competing legal tool, Judge...

This case tested the contours of the landmark Google v. Oracle computer software code fair use decision. Astronics, a military aerospace...

In a long-anticipated report from the U.S. Copyright Office providing guidance on the copyrightability of works created by and/or with...